I feel like CJ has been playing the easier teams. SKT, KTFlash, and Oz wil be difficult. The slumping Khan always has lethal potential. STX can also decide to be randomly dominant. I feel like OGN holding the solid team of (T)

Leta/

YellOw[ArnC]/ (P)

GuemChi was the only real match that CJ's had. The Air Force free win won't come until the very end of round 3, the second half of this round will be much tougher on CJ. I hope Savior and company can ride the winning high through.

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Hopefully CJ realizes this and stop playing unreliable players like (T)

Memory or

Kwanro as the vanguard for the next matches. CJ has enough breadth to fill all four spots with tested players in this format both new: (Z)

Movie and old: (Z)

Hot_Bid

Braavos36400 Posts

February 10 2009 17:35 GMT

#548

i think they played memory and kwanro because their other players had individual leagues, prelims, etc. to practice for. also, you don't know how their inter-team ranking games go, there are a lot of players who do well in practice but are nervous in TV games, and the only way to get them better is to play them more often. Skyhigh was like that before, look at him now. that's how you develop players and build their confidence.

ccou

United States681 Posts

February 10 2009 17:50 GMT

#549

Both are great points, but against teams like Oz, one needs every sliver of advantage rather than investing for the future. Also Savior is the only player left that has commitments in other major leagues. (edit: forgot about poor ol' Kwanro) That being said, if the score is 3-1 CJ and map favoring, sending a player who needs to build confidence is reasonable. Playing that same player in the first match is less ideal.

Hot_Bid

Braavos36400 Posts

February 10 2009 18:33 GMT

#550

On February 11 2009 02:50 ccou wrote:
Both are great points, but against teams like Oz, one needs every sliver of advantage rather than investing for the future. Also Savior is the only player left that has commitments in other major leagues. (edit: forgot about poor ol' Kwanro) That being said, if the score is 3-1 CJ and map favoring, sending a player who needs to build confidence is reasonable. Playing that same player in the first match is less ideal.

not sure about that, because if a player is nervous and not as experienced, you want to control as many factors as possible for their first match. playing memory or kwanro first allow them to know who they are going to play and thus be able to practice quite hard for that match, since they are sure what mu it is. i think it protects them more than playing them later in the set.

Jaeden

Romania1489 Posts

February 10 2009 18:47 GMT

#551

On February 11 2009 03:33 Hot_Bid wrote:

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agree+ it`s easier to recover after losing the first game...it's riskier(?) to send kwanro later on

Abydos1

United States832 Posts

February 10 2009 19:02 GMT

#552

On February 11 2009 03:47 Jaeden wrote:

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agree+ it`s easier to recover after losing the first game...it's riskier(?) to send kwanro later on

Teams are saving their better players for the latter games so sending someone that needs practice first is not that bad of a choice and as HotBid said its better off because you can control most of the factors, they know the map, mu and player they have to train for instead of being thrown up there on the spot for something they may not be prepared for.

Empyrean

17064 Posts

February 10 2009 21:18 GMT

#553

Yes! Tied for 32! Go (Z)

EffOrt!

d_so

Korea (South)3262 Posts

February 10 2009 21:23 GMT

#554

i had a dream last night horang2 all killed.

i woke up to see my dream unfulfilled.

falls

United States168 Posts

February 10 2009 22:00 GMT

#555

I went from 900 something all the way to 377 now , all because of mainly 4 points out of my 30 point team (Iris and Savior).

Jangbi and Effort are beginning to rake in points now too. I am happy XD.